How Buhari is tackling youth unemployment – SGF
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Boss Gida Mustapha, says President Muhammadu Buhari acknowledges the challenges posed by unemployment, especially among the youth and has been deploying innovative ideas including the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERPG) to address it.
Mustapha, who was represented yesterday The police in Borno State have urged residents of Maiduguri metropolis and environs to report any suspicious movement around them as Boko Haram militants are said to have planned bomb attacks on the city.
This is contained in a A Kano-based praise singer and businessman, Malam Isma’ila Abdullahi Shabege, yesterday climbed a radio transmission mast belonging to the Kano Broadcasting Corporation to commit suicide unless the governor of Zamfara State, Abdulhaziz Yari, stepped down as chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum.
Shabege, who claimed to be the governor’s political praise singer during the 2011 general elections, alleged in a note that the governor abandoned him after he had promised to support him boost his business of tricycle fabrication.
He said: “I was the leader of Zamfara State singers’ forum in 2011 when Yari was bidding for governorship of the state and when he won in Abuja by a Director in the General Services Office Mr. Yinka Aguda at a roundtable on the Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR) policy note on tackling youth unemployment organised by the bureau and DFID, said the ERPG aimed at creating jobs by developing labour-intensive sectors like agriculture, manufacturing, housing and construction, and also encouraging private-sector participation in the economy.
He listed the N-Power programme, an statement issued yesterday by the Assistant Commissioner of Police (Administration), Ahmed S. Bello, on behalf of the Commissioner of Police.
“The Borno State Police Command in collaboration with ‘Operation Lafiya Dole’ high command wishes to draw the attention of the general public the election I had free access to him anytime I wanted to see him, the opportunity I used to present to him my God-given talent of fabrication of tricycles.
“The governor was very impressed with my talent, seeing how it could be harnessed to address unemployment among youths and thus promised to support the innovation.
“He further promised to take me to President Muhammadu Buhari for presidential support, this spurred me to improve and modify the machines in various shapes and sizes, but to my greatest amazement, when I took some of the tricycles to the governor to confirm to him what I told him, he denied me, that frustrated me, given the money and everything I spent on the project” he said. N10bn Youth Entrepreneurship Support (YES) programme and the ENABLE youth programme among others as part of initiatives the government is using to provide gainful employment for the nation’s teeming youths.
The Acting Director General of the BPSR Mr Dasuki Arabi said the 23-page policy note was the result of an August 2017 research conducted by the BPSR with support from DFID PEARL programme.
Police alert on Boko Haram plot to attack Maiduguri
that information at the disposal of the theatre command reveals that dislodged and rampaging Boko Haram terrorists have concluded arrangements to attack parts of Maiduguri metropolis notably, populated/crowed areas to maximize casualty through the use of vehicles fully primed with IEDs.
“Consequently, security forces have adequately deployed resources to counter and frustrate this evil plan of the heartless terrorists.
“The command therefore, wishes to call upon Borno people and the public at large to promptly alert security personnel of any suspected person(s), suspicious movement, vehicles, objects, etc for prompt action,” the statement said.
Praise singer attempts suicide over gov’s alleged neglect
He said he had lost the patent right to the invention, stressing that the only way to express his grievance was to climb the mast until the governor apologised.
It took the combined efforts of Kano State Fire Service personnel, the police and SSS to convince him to get down from the mast at 11:45am. There was no immediate response from the governor.
The spokesman of Kano State Fire Service, CFO Sa’idu Muhammad Ibrahim, said the command received a distress call from one Lawal Isah Bagwai at 9:30am and immediately rushed to the scene. He said the man was handed over to the police immediately after the rescue.
Spokesman of Kano State Police Command, SP Magaji Musa Majia, said the man was taken away by the SSS.